Good thinking Jesse Im for that
Jacques Selon "\"Jesse Norell\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello, > > If this seems to be a useful feature, perhaps the unix soft/hard > quota model could be used. Ie. you can exceed your soft limit for > a specific amount of time until you have to drop back below it, > but you can never exceed the hard limit. > > > ---- Original Message ---- > From: Brian Winkers <dbmail@dbmail.org> > To: dbmail@dbmail.org > Subject: Re: [Dbmail] Dbmail quota in version 2.0 > Sent: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 00:53:41 -0600 > > > Whether the user uses the INBOX or a created folder to store their > email > > the cost to you is the same. > > > > You remove a certain amount of utility from the product (IMAP mail > > storage) in that they user can't easily organize their data but you > > aren't doing anything to limit the amount of mail they actually > store on > > your system. > > > > I'm "guessing" your goal is to let them receive large amounts of email > > to deal with sudden increases w/o continually providing storage space > > for every email they ever get.. > > Perhaps deleting old emails, large emails older than "x" or something > > like that might work. Especially if this was ONLY triggered when their > > mail is at or above quota. > > > > That isn't really something I would expect from my mail software so > much > > as standalone app or script. > > I'm not saying dbmail shouldn't do this, just that its not an intrinsic > > part of mail services. > > I would think a third party app would almost always provide more > options. > > > > Brian Winkers > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.ultri.com > > > > Jacques Beaudoin wrote: > > > > >Want im trying to say is that i would like to have the option not > to impose > > >any quota restriction for my users receiving there mail > > >but i would like to impose quota restriction for the amount > > >of mail they archive with imap. > > > > > >I did that with uw-imap by not setting linux quota > > >restriction on one 200gig disk drive with the mount point > > >/var/spool/mail (the inboxs of all my users). > > > > > >And by setting quota restriction > > >on a other 200gig drive with the mount point > > >/home/users_directory (the folders of all my users). > > > > > >That way i made shure that all my users would never drop any > > >incomming mail because of a lack of space. > > > > > >Thanks > > >Jacques > > > > > > > > >Selon Paul J Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > > >>What's the difference of users storing their mail in inbox rather > than > > >>some other folder ? > > >> > > >> > > >>Jacques Beaudoin wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>>Could a parameter in the dbmail.conf file > > >>> > > >>>be set in dbmail 2.0 so quota would only apply to users folders > > >>> > > >>>excluding the inbox. > > >>> > > >>>Then i could let all my users receive all the mail they want but > > >>> > > >>>not keep all the mail they want !!!!! > > >>> > > >>>Thanks > > >>> > > >>>Jacques Beaudoin > > >>>Responsable des accès internet / Internet security manager > > >>>Commission scolaire de la Pointe de l'Ile / School board > > >>>Montréal, Québec, Canada > > >>>_______________________________________________ > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Dbmail mailing list > > >Dbmail@dbmail.org > > >https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dbmail mailing list > > Dbmail@dbmail.org > > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > > -- End Original Message -- > > > -- > Jesse Norell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not my email address; > change "administrator" to my first name. > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > Dbmail@dbmail.org > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > Jacques Beaudoin Responsable des accès internet / Internet security manager Commission scolaire de la Pointe de l'Ile / School board Montréal, Québec, Canada
